Much has been written about the poverty and destitution that existed in the Gorbals for much of the 20th century, but only those who lived or worked there at that time can truly know the hardships that were faced.
Enter Doctor of Medicine George Gladstone Robertson, who after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1923, opened a GP practice in the Gorbals. While he was there, tending to the notoriously impoverished district's ill and needy, Dr Robertson recorded his experiences in meticulous detail.
Decades later, in 1970, Dr Robertson's findings were published in a book, 'Gorbals Doctor'. In it he tells of a life's work dedicated to medicine and of the hardships endured by his patients living in the slums.
